Hugh Ernest MacDermot was born in Jamaica in 1888 and received his medical training at McGill, graduating in 1913. He served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War I. He was Lecturer in Anatomy at McGill, 1921-1924, and Demonstrator in Medicine, 1925-1949, and was on the staff of the Montreal General Hospital. He also served as instructor in Clinical Medicine at McGill. MacDermot was a historian and among his published works are biographies of Maude Abbott and Sir Thomas Roddick and histories of the Montreal General Hospital, the Canadian Medical Association, the Royal Edward Institute and the Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal. In 1942, he became editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Rev. John Christian MacCullagh was born on June 6, 1832, in Palmerstown, County Dublin, Ireland.

He was an Anglican priest. Educated at Clontarf Crescent and Trinity College, Dublin, he entered the Islington Mission College. In 1863, he travelled to Sydney, Australia, and entered Moore Theological College. He was ordained deacon at St. James's Pro-Cathedral, Melbourne in 1864. In 1866, he was ordained priest and was inducted as incumbent of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Sandhurst, where the parish and the entire community flourished during his forty-six years of service. In 1907, he became vicar-general of the new diocese of Bendigo and acted as archdeacon from 1909 to 1914. MacCullagh had contributed scientific and religious articles to the Argus and the Bendigo Church News. He also published Sunday school lesson material and notes for theological students. He won repute throughout the whole district for his liberality and concern for those who suffered.

In 1865, he married Elizabeth Ince (1843–1870). He died on September 24, 1917, in Melbourne, Australia, almost penniless; for years giving his income to those who needed it.